This is pretty easy really - you just open the file using the UNC.
Basically, opening a file on a network drive can be accomplished by using the UNC filepath:
my $unc = '//10.1.0.22/path/to/use';
open(my $fh, $unc) or die "[Error] COULD NOT OPEN FILE: [$unc] - [$!]"
+;
If you need to connect to the network drive you have two options.
One option is to create a mapped drive.
You could do this directly through Windows using the NET USE command:
net use x: \\computer name\share name
or
net use x: \\computer name\share name password /user:username
or a permanent map
net use x: \\computer name\share name password /user:username /persist
+ent:yes
You could also accomplish this same thing using Win32::FileOp by using the Map routine:
my $drive = 'X';
my $unc = '//10.1.0.22/path/to/use'
my $user = 'user';
my $pass = 'xyz';
Map $drive => $unc, { username => $user, passwd => $pass };
Finally, the second option is to connect to the network drive directly in the program which can be accomplished by using the Win32::FileOp Connect routine:
my $drive = 'X';
my $unc = '//10.1.0.22/path/to/use'
my $user = 'user';
my $pass = 'xyz';
Connect $drive => $unc, { username => $user, passwd => $pass };
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